Shock-binder.



No. 850,843. PATENTBD APR. 16, 1907.-

A. MELIN.

SHOCK BINDER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 13. 1906.

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ANDREW MELIN, or OXLIP, MINNESOTA.

SHOCK-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed April 13, 1906. Serial No. 311,566.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW MELIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oxlip, in the county of Isanti, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock-Binders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 'in the art to Which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shock-binders;

and the several objects thereof are to construct a simple and effective device of that nature by means of which a powerful compressive force can be exerted upon the shock to hold the same in position for the final binding, to provide means for holding the binding-rope in place and preventing its twising, and to prevent any accidental backward rotation of the thrust-pin, thereby loosening the binding-rope and decreasing its pressure upon the shock.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the following construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, specifically pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are referred to by similar numer als in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shockbinder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal section. on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. l 1

Referring to said drawings, the shockbinder consists of a thrust-pin, referred to as a whole by the numeral 6, and having a handle portion 7 at its upper end for rotating the same. The thrust-p1n is provided with an enlarged shoulder formation 8 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The thrust-pin is likewise provided with abearing-sleeve 9, bolted thereto and provided at its upper end with a ratchet 10, the upper face of which is located directly beneath the lower face of the shoulder 8-.

Numeral 11 designates as a whole a crosspiece which is carried by the thrust-pin and through which the thrust-pin passes, said cross-pin being retained in place upon the thrust-pin by means of a collar 12 in contact with the under face of said cross-piece. The ends of the cross-piece are provided with longitudinally-extending slots 13 to act as guides for the winding-rope. The upper face of the cross-piece has attached thereto a bearingplate 14, the ends of which'are bent to form the integral upwardly-extending U-shaped shoulders 15, located adjacent guide-slots 13 and cooperating therewith. The bearing plate 14 is provided'with a bearing-sleeve 16 drawn therefrom and fitting around and receiving the bearingsleeve 9 on the thrust Attached to the upper face of plate 1 1 by means of a pivot 18 is a pawl 17, provided with a thumb-piece 19 and adapted to be moved into and out of contact with the ratchet 10. 20 designates a binding-rope of the usual description having one end 21 firmly held. in place upon the upper portion of the thrust-pin adjacent handle 7 and its other end 22 loosely attached to the same. Each of said ends passes through an opening extending through said thrust-pin, as shown at 23 and 24, The bight portion of rope 20 is passed around the shock to be bound and extends through guide-slots 13 and over guide-shoulders 15. It will thus be apparent that when the thrust-pin is rotated by means of its handle 7 the rope will be wound around the upper portion of the thrust-pin, while the bight portion of the rope, which is passed around the shock, will exercise a powerful compressive force thereon and will pull the same upwardly against the under face of the crosspiece. l/Vhen the desired pressure has been obtained, the pawl will be moved into contact with the ratchet and any accidental backward rotation of the thrust-pin is pre vented.

By providing the cross-piece with guideslots'and by locating the guide-shoulders on the bearing-piece adjacent the guide-sl0ts any tendency on the part of the binding-rope to slip or become twisted while being wound is prevented and at the same time the U shape of the shoulders will permit the rope to be wound with greater ease owing to the decrease in friction. After the final binding of the shock has been completed the ends of the cord used therein are severed by being drawn against the cutting edge of a knife 25, attached to one side of the cross-piece 11.

Numerous changes in the size, form, and material of the several parts may obviously be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and limitation to the exact details of construction shown and described is therefor not intended.

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What is claimed is l. A shock-binder comprising in combination a thrust-pin provided with a bearingsleeve; a cross-piece provided at its ends with longitudinally extending guide-slots, and having an opening formed therethrough intermediate its ends; a bearing-plate secured to the upper face of said cross-piece and pro vided with a depending sleeve adapted to fit in said opening and receive said first-mentioned sleeve; U shaped guide shoulders formed on the opposite ends of said plate adjacent said guide-slots; a binding-rope passing through said guide-slots and over said shoulders, and having its ends attached to said thrust-pin; means for rotating said thrustpin to wind said rope; and cooperating means disposed upon said bearing-plate and thrust-pin, to prevent backward rotation of the latter.

2. A shock-binder comprising, in combination, a thrust-pin; a ratchet attached to the upper portion of said thrust-pin and provided with an integral depending bearingsleeve; a cross-piece carried by said thrustpin, and provided at its ends with longitudinally-extending guide-slots; a bearing-plate ANDREW MELIN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW HONEDER. V. W. SHULEsoN. 

